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Measuring health : a guide to rating scales and questionnaires / Ian McDowell and Claire Newell.
Holman Biotech Commons RA408.5 .M38 1987
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McDowell, Ian, 1947-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Health surveys.
- Social surveys.
- Health Surveys.
- Surveys and Questionnaires.
- Medical Subjects:
- Health Surveys.
- Surveys and Questionnaires.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 342 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 1987.
- Summary:
- Bringing together widely scattered information on health measurement techniques, this practical reference guide helps the reader choose, administer, and score available questionnaires rating scales. Reviewing 50 measurement instruments, it describes their purpose and conceptual basis, reliability and validity, and shows a copy of the scale. The book will be welcomed as much for its accurate and thorough descriptions as for its suggestions for improving the quality of current measurement techniques.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographies and index.
- ISBN:
- 0195041011 :
- OCLC:
- 16646902
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